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Friday, August 2, 2013

Sepia Saturday: Whatever Floats Your Boat

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to
share family history through old photographs.

This week’s Sepia Saturday image features tall ships, a
lighthouse, a windmill, and people strolling along the harbor of
Littlehampton. Although my photos
contain few of those images, I do have some of people waiting along the water.

My great aunt Helen Killeen Parker seems to have been a popular
gal in the late 19-teens and early twenties in Portsmouth, Virginia, always on
some sort of outing. What this occasion
was and when are unknown to me.

It
resembles a fishing boat, but Helen and her friends don’t appear to be doing
any fishing.

It’s interesting that they were sitting on top of the
boat.

The channel appears narrow, so I wonder if they were
boating through the Dismal Swamp.

Since I have no answers, I will have to wonder what this
funny little boat was and where it went.

Cruise on over to Sepia Saturdayfor more tales of boats,
lighthouses, and windmills.

HelloThis is my first sepia Saturday , makes me the new girlNot able to say what sort of water but its great you have them and know about your relation who is in those photos . They look like they are having fun Jackie

Yep, I agree with Sharon...there are life jackets on the deck. From the looks of them 'the jackets', I wouldn't have messed up my Sunday best by wearing one either. I, Suwannee, I think they were just cruisin' the River. The first picture dock looks like a Ferry dock. I think I've got it...it's a picture riddle...Ferry me down the Suwannee River on a lazy Sunday afternoon! TaDa!!!

A super post, Wendy. I think the photos are from the Intracoastal Waterway in Chesapeake, VA. It goes past the Great Dismal Swamp on its way down through the Outer Banks to SC, GA and eventually Florida. The last photo looks like the part I've paddled. The Dismal Swamp provides lots of great ghost stories and tall tales. I bet there is one lurking in your family closet too.

The first picture grabs me too because the people are so small. How far away was Helen from the boat anyway?

The swamp got its name from one of the early surveyors who was trying to establish a boundary between the Virginia and North Carolina colonies. He had nothing good to say about the area which he described as "dismal."

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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